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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3128602, member: 10461"]It's environmental damage. This happens to copper-nickel clad coins when they're exposed to the elements. In the ground, they change color to match whatever soil they got buried in. It can range from greyish to brownish to reddish, depending on the minerals.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] - please show the detecting pictures. Thanks. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(I too have encountered hundreds if not thousands of coins that look like this while detecting, but I don't usually photograph the modern stuff I found.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3128602, member: 10461"]It's environmental damage. This happens to copper-nickel clad coins when they're exposed to the elements. In the ground, they change color to match whatever soil they got buried in. It can range from greyish to brownish to reddish, depending on the minerals. [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] - please show the detecting pictures. Thanks. :) (I too have encountered hundreds if not thousands of coins that look like this while detecting, but I don't usually photograph the modern stuff I found.)[/QUOTE]
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